Public Records Act : DESTRUCTION OR DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC RECORDS Indian Bare Acts :

Public Records Act,1993

Act No : 69

Section : DESTRUCTION OR DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC RECORDS

SECTION 08: DESTRUCTION OR DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC RECORDS

(1) Save as otherwise provided in any law for the time being in force, no public record shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of except in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.

(2) No record created before the year 1982 shall be destroyed except where in the opinion of the Director General or, as the case may be, the head of the Archives, it is so defaced or is in such condition that it cannot be put to any archival use.